1/19 Rhetoric, the Right and U.S. politics

This week we have a three part meeting. We'll begin with an in-depth political discussion on the right wing and then we'll have time for organizing upcoming campus and city events.

1. Political Discussion: Rhetoric, The Right and U.S. Politics (40 mins)
For this discussion check out these Socialistworker.org articles

• Hatred strikes in the "capital of bigotry"
  Will politicians confront the hard questions about the connections between the mass shooting in Arizona and the violent rhetoric of the right?
  
• The last Republican Revolution
  Newt Gingrich and the Republicans took control of Congress with a take-no-prisoners anti-poor agenda--but their "Revolution" didn't last long.
  
• The Republicans take aim
  The challenge is for people on the left to come together and oppose the GOP assault.
  
• As well as additional readings collected here 

2. Planning for our upcoming "Ecology and Socialism" meeting with guest speaker Chris Williams (20 mins)

3. Committee Breakouts  (40 mins)
We'll break into our UW campus and community member committees to discuss and plan our activism on campus and in the city.